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NYPD Searching For Man Behind 'Brutal' Attack On 62-Year-Old Man In Bed-Stuy

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) -- The NYPD is looking for a man they say is behind a "brutal" attack on a 62-year-old man in Brooklyn Friday evening.

Police say the suspect approached the victim inside the lobby of the Sumner Houses at 77 Tompkins Avenue in Bedford-Stuyvesant around 6:30 p.m. and started punching and kicking him repeatedly.

Medics responded and rushed the victim to NYC Health+Hospitals/Woodhull, where he was treated for a broken nose and orbital bone.

The NYPD identified the suspect as 31-year-old Lytee Knox-Hundley.

It wasn't immediately clear what sparked the melee.

Anyone with information in regard to this incident is asked to call the NYPD's Crime Stoppers Hotline at 1-800-577-TIPS (8477) or for Spanish, 1-888-57-PISTA (74782). The public can also submit their tips by logging onto the CrimeStoppers website at WWW.NYPDCRIMESTOPPERS.COM, on Twitter @NYPDTips or by texting their tips to 274637 (CRIMES) then enter TIP577.

All calls are strictly confidential.

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